Tectonic Plates Volume 3

The mighty Tectonic drop the latest in their esteemed Plates series, compiling exclusive tracks from a selection of electronic music s leading and breaking artists. Since starting low frequency operations in 2005, the Bristol label has been a beacon for dubstep, bass and progressive electronic music fans, releasing music from artists of the calibre of Skream, Loefah, 2562, Peverlist, RSD, Flying Lotus, Joker, Addison Groove, Jack Sparrow, Photek, Benga, Digital Mystikz, and label boss Pinch. Over the past year, album projects with legendary Jamaican dub producer Scientist, NYC beat-experimentalist Pursuit Grooves and live dubstep duo Author has reflected a broadening of Tectonic s core sound, whilst remaining faithful to its roots. The Plates collections provide an opportunity to showcase the label s vast array of talent and at the same time extend invitations to like-minded respected artists to join the club. On Tectonic Plates Volume 3 , the first half offerings range across classic 140bpm tempi, including Kryptic Minds haunting opening declaration The Talisman , Pinch s deeply cinematic Blow Out The Candle , Evolution by Clue Kid, and the supersonic Mach by Japan s Goth Trad. Tribal influences permeate through Tunnidge s Universal and rhythms also swerve towards funky with an appearance from Roska on 480 BC and, shot through with an array of classic scratch DJ samples, Phantom by Addison Groove. Cardiff s Monky introduces the second movement with the transcendent breaks of Float before the heavy-prog-rock stomp of Ginz s Chrome body-slams events firmly back into place. Three breakout artists are featured with recent Red Bull Music Academy participant Om Unit, Kevin McPhee (named in DJ Magazine s Ones To Watch for 2012) and Manchester s Illum Sphere, whose set at Radiohead s remixes album launch for Boiler Room in October topped a fantastic year. The album s closing scene is the epic 10 minute Rogue State by 2562, an artist who needs no introduction since Tectonic released his career defining albums Aerial (2008) and Unbalance (2009). The special limited-run vinyl version of Tectonic Plates Volume 3 is comprised of four individual plates, each cut and pressed to the same high deejay-tooled standard as a regular Tectonic 12 single, housed in a wide-spine heavyweight card sleeve with eyecatching metallic artwork.

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